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I don't like the ribbon because it's hard to find things in it. Same reason I don't like menus. Same reason I don't like Apple's ambiguous menu bar buttons. Th

by masnick 15y ago

I don't like the ribbon because it's hard to find things in it. Same reason I don't like menus. Same reason I don't like Apple's ambiguous menu bar buttons. The only solution I've found to this is the Help function on recent versions of OS X. Press cmd-shift-/ and you can search for any item hidden in a menu. If Microsoft added a feature like this, the ribbon wouldn't matter -- I could just turn it off and use keyboard shortcuts/search for everything.

bane 15y ago
If Microsoft added a feature like this, the ribbon wouldn't matter -- I could just turn it off and use keyboard shortcuts/search for everything. I have to agree to some point. This fails the discoverability principle, but it an awesome interface for power users who know what they are looking for a priori.
chappi42 15y ago
>If Microsoft added a feature like this... They have: http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands/Pages/default.aspx http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands/Pages/defa... (not that I would use it). >use keyboard shortcuts/search for everything... But the quick access toolbar matters imho. Being able to e.g. add 'show/hide hidden' files is great and beats thousandthreehundred times the castrated Finder (which forces me to go to the terminal (and not even provides a context menu for this - lame)).